Strange Tales (Old Time Radio)
Sep 13, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
This week on Strange Tales, we visit Inner Sanctum for their story, *Corpse Without A Conscience*. This episode was originally broadcast on June 20, 1949…
[screams]
Arlinda! Arlinda, what happened?
Charles.
Charles.
But what happened? Why did you scream?
He's, he's come back.
He's returned from-
Huh? What are, what are you trying to say? Who's come back?
Mario Bellini.
Bellini?
Yes.
He was here in this room.
That's ridiculous.
Bellini's dead.
He's buried in that tomb up on the hill.
I know, but he's returned from the dead.
Nonsense.
The dead can't return.
Bellini can.
He has strange powers.
He was here in my room.
Can't you tell he was here?
Tell? How?
That odd incense he always had burning in his place.
Don't you smell it? This room, it's filled with the odor of Bellini's incense.
[screams]
Arlinda! Arlinda, what happened?
Charles.
Charles.
But what happened? Why did you scream?
He's, he's come back.
He's returned from-
Huh? What are, what are you trying to say? Who's come back?
Mario Bellini.
Bellini?
Yes.
He was here in this room.
That's ridiculous.
Bellini's dead.
He's buried in that tomb up on the hill.
I know, but he's returned from the dead.
Nonsense.
The dead can't return.
Bellini can.
He has strange powers.
He was here in my room.
Can't you tell he was here?
Tell? How?
That odd incense he always had burning in his place.
Don't you smell it? This room, it's filled with the odor of Bellini's incense.
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